Realty Officer

Description:

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Rocky Mountain Region, Fort Peck Agency, Office of the Superintendent/Program Manager, Deputy Superintendent - Trust Services, Branch of Real Estate Services in Poplar, Montana. Position reports to the Deputy Superintendent.
Announcement close date updated from 3/7/24; position is Open Until Filled.

Requirements:

This position is OPEN UNTIL FILLED and may be extended or closed prior to the current closing date. Applications will be reviewed every two weeks; the first cut-off date for applications is 10 business days from the opening date and every two weeks thereafter. Applicants with 10-point Veterans' Preference who submit a complete application after each two week cut-off date, but before the List of Eligibles is issued, will be considered and referred on the List, if qualified.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Administrative and Management Positions, GS-1170).

GS-12: I have at least 1 year of specialized experience or the equivalent, comparable to at least the GS-11 in the Federal Service (obtained in either the public or private sector). Specialized experience include: 1) Managing a complex Real Estate Services Program to include (personnel, workloads, budgets, and procurement); 2) Providing technical guidance on real estate actions including rights-of ways, land acquisitions, disposal, tenure, sales, and permits and/or leases, to optimize use of trust real property resources; 3) Directing a Real Estate Services Program involving Indian trust lands that include negotiating complex leases and other land use documents for residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial purposes; and 4) Implementing a Real Estate Services Program procedures to improve organizational performance of real estate functions.

This is a supervisory position. Under provision of the Civil Service Reform Act, first-time supervisors are required to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period before their appointment becomes final. Those who do not satisfactorily complete this probationary period will be returned to positions of no lower grade and pay than those they occupied before assuming their supervisory assignment.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date.

Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472).

Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.